The Labour win - Sam Butler predicts the Cotswolds residential market response  Development opportunities & Newly converted properties in the Cotswolds - No Planning needed for some barns subject to Permitted Development rights – Pub of the Month - The Five Alls at Filkins.

We now have certainty, and with it we can expect a degree of stability and confidence. For those of us who have lived through a good number of Elections, and experienced the property markets under Labour, we know that property can perform better than some may predict under it’s administration.

Butler Sherborn is currently marketing several new conversions of Cotswold stone buildings with previous uses, from a farmyard with barns to an old coaching inn.

Changes to permitted development rights came into force at the end of May improving opportunities for some farmers and estate owners to find alternative uses for their barns without the need to seek planning permission.

The Five Alls in Filkins has been taken over and fully refurbished. Formerly general manager of The Crazy Bear hotels and restaurant in Stadhampton, Tom took over The Five Alls in February this year and has since recruited general manager, Robert Wilks, and new head chef, Lucian Juganaru.